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In article <1jndudINNi9a@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> slezal@gyro.ECE.ORST.EDU (Lee Slezak) writes:
>Lastly I was wondering if anyone else out there is still using the
>old RC10 gearbox (prior to the stealth).. I use it, simply for
>to avoid purchasing a stealth.. But if anyone else still uses it
>do you have any tips?

My RC10 has the old gearbox and I raced it until last October
when I bought a TRX-1.  The RC10 was my first car.  I got it
last May and started racing in August.  Sometime near the beginning
of September I replaced all the bushings with ball bearings.
In the two months before I started racing the TRX-1 I had two
ball bearings in that old gearbox fail.  One seized and melted
the bearing adaptor.  Another was on an idler gear and fell apart,
scattering it's tiny balls all through the gearbox.  I had to
replace the idler gears but all the metal gears were still sound
once I picked the balls out of the teeth.  These were Trinity
bearings and I had done nothing to lubricate them.
I've gotten different opinions on whether or not ball bearings
should be lubricated.

Brad  (brads@natinst.com)